Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)

The main purpose of this device is to act as an electronic organizer or day planner
that is portable, easy to use and capable of sharing information with your computer
systems.

PDA is an extension of the PC, not a replacement. These systems are capable of
sharing information with a computer system through a process or service known as
synchronization. Both devices will access each other to check for changes or
updates in the individual devices. The use of infrared and Bluetooth connections
enables these devices to always be synchronized.

PDA Mobile Device

With PDA devices, a user can browse the internet, listen to audio clips, watch
video clips, edit and modify office documents, and many more services. The device
has a stylus and a touch sensitive screen for input and output purposes.

Smartphones
This kind of phone combines the features of a PDA with that of a mobile phone or
camera phone. It has a superior edge over other kinds of mobile phones.

Smartphones have the capability to run multiple programs concurrently. These phones
include high-resolution touch screens, web browsers that can access and properly
display standard web pages rather than just mobile-optimized sites, and high-speed
data access via Wi-Fi and high speed cellular broadband.

The most common mobile Operating Systems (OS) used by modern smartphones include
Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Nokia's Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, Samsung's
Bada, Microsoft's Windows Phone, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and
MeeGo. Such operating systems can be installed on different phone models, and
typically each device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime.

Smartphones
Tablet PC and iPads
This mobile device is larger than a mobile phone or a PDA and integrates into a
touch screen and is operated using touch sensitive motions on the screen. They are
often controlled by a pen or by the touch of a finger. They are usually in slate
form and are light in weight. Examples would include ipads, Galaxy Tabs, Blackberry
Playbooks etc.

Tablet PC and I-Pads

They offer the same functionality as portable computers. They support mobile
computing in a far superior way and have enormous processing horsepower. Users can
edit and modify document files, access high speed internet, stream video and audio
data, receive and send e-mails, attend/give lectures and presentations among its
very many other functions. They have excellent screen resolution and clarity.